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My daughter has, if anything, proven to be super-humanly resilient and I have nothing but praise for her therapist. I'd be lying if I didn't say the last 2 months have been very rough (worse than when it happened) but sentencing was a catharsis for not just her, but my wife and I as well...

As of now, there has been no delays sought by the defense. 9/23 is the first day of pretrial hearings which is on schedule after 45 "court days" (not real days) of various discovery hearings. Prosecution has been pushing at keeping this on schedule. It just moves slow.

If people are going to continue to attempt to draw conclusions from reactions taken after a huge traumatic event, I suggest you read the following: http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/recovering-disasters.aspx PTSD isn't just for the military.

I'm I missing something? Is there a history of public displays of anger or outrage between the families? I haven't seen it if it is. I keep pointing out that if these posts everyone is so focused on were AFTER the trauma of the murder it doesn't say a SPECK of what happens NORMALLY under...

Respectfully, how did I do the exact same thing? I'm not assuming things about the family dynamic. I believe that stress can explain short fuses. Grief is a major stress (edit: and this is not JUST grief, but a major trauma). I can tell you with absolute certainty that this happens (and...

Words have meaning. When I say something in public, it doesn't necessarily mean I am speaking with an attitude of "PRIDE". As in: "Boy am I proud to be talking about my tonails!" Again, facebook posts made AFTER the murder are no indication of how their family life really worked. The...

No you couldn't "diagnosis some of the adults in this child's life". You've only guesses on how the family dynamics work. Further, a REAL (and not a "made up") diagnosis of anything (such as narcissism) takes a lot more than a few public statements after a major trauma. And I can hardly say...

Funny thing, language. "Reason" implies WHY something happened. And you note yourself that "reason" can mean "excuse". I think the word you should be using is MOTIVE. That implies WHY a given person reacted without the ambiguity of "excuse".

With all due respect, Priscilla didn't NEED to have financial means to fill out court paperwork and request time with her children. Money isn't a valid excuse.

If the suggestion is that a post murder post leads us to believe the children in that house were subject to anger BEFORE the murder, then yes -- it REALLY matters. That would be a rational view, wouldn't it? However, the reality of it AFTER the emotional upheavals of losing a child kind of...

Does it? You may want to re-read the post you referenced... Or maybe I missed something. The spouse. I'm not sure what you are suggesting here or what relevance it has with a 12 y/o murder suspect and a 10 y/o victim.

Aren't we talking about POST murder postings? Or do you have any links to PRE murder postings? gitana1 cited the TIMING of the postings to suggest that the kids weren't shielded from her feelings -- I stated the TIMING suggests no such thing and why.

You basically answered your own question. I can't say if it was a local business, but you've no idea how many 'angels' are out there when strangers are in crisis -- or maybe a family member/friend runs a print shop.

Or perhaps the "timing" of their respective displays of public anger had more to do with the fact there was a dead girl they both cared about and they were extremely short fused. It's easy for someone to see another as 'nosing in' on their pain. The TIMING is why it's not "highly unlikely that...

I disagree that it's a "logical assumption". There is nothing to suggest the parents brought any of their conflict with each other to the home -- never mind to what DEGREE any "turbulence" might have been experienced if there WERE any "turbulence". Where is it documented that there was...

How dare you bring reason in to this discussion! Turn in your decoder ring at once! (heh). YES! Thank you! You get it!

You are absolutely correct! I'm glad you see that! But I would ask "speculation" or "WAG"? What I'm strongly trying to display is that guessing about this family will do no service to this family or Leila.

Oh deary, no it doesn't. Not a problem for the children, anyway. And none of that suggests (or actually represents) how the parents (step and otherwise) conducted themselves in front of their respective children. Parents can have SERIOUS issues with each other and not let that spill over...

<modsnip> There are a lot of WAGs with regards to how the parents were raising their children and what it must have been like for the children.

So wouldn't it be more accurate to say that it wasn't the "situation" then, but something else?